How To Clean Headlights To Look Like New

If you would like you can wash the car now as after we apply the urethane you won t want to touch the headlights for a good while.

How to clean headlights to look like new. When you take the time to wash your car be sure you pay attention to your headlights. Work it in a circular motion polishing repeatedly and uniformly in your little square. But the store bought kits. Wipe off and dry your headlights then squeeze some of your polishing compound out onto a clean microfiber towel. In the first half.

Spray the entire lens with water to thoroughly dampen. So you re driving around super late at night in the middle of nowhere nm and you realize you can t see a thing. Wet sand the headlights attach the 1500 grit sandpaper to the buffer and wet the sandpaper and headlight with water until just damp. After doing this step use a shop towel and the rubbing alcohol and wipe the headlights clean. Buff the headlight until you begin to see white residual or slurry then continue buffing for 3 minutes.

Add buffing compound to a clean microfiber cloth. Stir the urethane and mineral spirits mixture. Rub the dampened sandpaper over the lens evenly. Headlight restoration is all about choosing the right products and methods. Take a clean towel apply a quarter sized glob of buffing compound a pick a small area of the headlight to focus on say 4 x 4 inches 10 x 10 centimeters.

Clean your headlights with toothpaste. Rub in the polish for a few minutes using circular motions. For headlights that look like new not like foggy headlights then read about cleaning a car headlight below. If they are foggy you need a special cleaner to restore their brightness and make visibility easier. Continue to add water to keep the headlight and paper damp.

This will get rid of any compound left on the headlights. In this video i show you how to restore headlights permanently. And you and your significant other talk about cleaning the headlights or getting new bulbs or something.